SIOFA CMM2018/01 (paragraph 6a) requires the SIOFA Scientific Committee to provide advice to the Meeting of Parties on the status of stocks of deep-sea fishery resources, including Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides). In 2020, the SIOFA Scientific Committee (SC3) conducted the first Patagonian toothfish stock assessments in the SIOFA region and provided to the Meeting of Parties on the stock status and sustainable yields.
In 2023, the assessment for Patagonian toothfish will be updated by this project. This project builds on SER2022-TOP1, to design a genetic analysis project to inform the stock structure for Patagonian toothfish. This task will consider the whole SIOFA Area, but focus on the del Cano Rise and the southwest Indian Ridge.
